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Article IV

Or. Const. art. IV

Legislative Branch

Oregon

1Legislative power; initiative and referendum 1Legislative authority vested in assembly; initiative and referendum; style of bills 1aInitiative and referendum on parts of laws and on local, special and municipal laws 1bPayment for signatures 1dEffective date of amendment to section 1, Article IV, by S.J.R. 3, 1999 2Number of Senators and Representatives 3How Senators and Representatives chosen; filling vacancies; qualifications 3aApplicability of qualifications for appointment to legislative vacancy 4Term of office of legislators; classification of Senators 5Census 6Apportionment of Senators and Representatives 6Apportionment of Senators and Representatives; operative date 7Senatorial districts; senatorial and representative subdistricts 8Qualification of Senators and Representatives; effect of felony conviction 8aApplicability of qualification for legislative office 9Legislators free from arrest and not subject to civil process in certain cases; words uttered in debate 10Annual regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly; organizational session; extension of regular sessions 10aEmergency sessions of the Legislative Assembly 11Legislative officers; rules of proceedings; adjournments 12Quorum; failure to effect organization 13Journal; when yeas and nays to be entered 14Deliberations to be open; rules to implement requirement 15Punishment and expulsion of members 16Punishment of nonmembers 17General powers of Legislative Assembly 18Where bills to originate 19Reading of bills; vote on final passage 20Subject and title of Act 21Acts to be plainly worded 22Mode of revision and amendment 23Certain local and special laws prohibited 24Suit against state 25Majority necessary to pass bills and resolutions; special requirements for bills raising revenue; signatures of presiding officers required 26Protest by member 27All statutes public laws; exceptions 28When Act takes effect 29Compensation of members 30Members not eligible to other offices 31Oath of members 32Income tax defined by federal law; review of tax laws required 33Reduction of criminal sentences approved by initiative or referendum process 34Impeachment of statewide elected officials